Inventory Management Specialist
Job Description
Location: Penns Grove, NJ
Full-Time | Food Manufacturing / Warehouse Operations
Fuel Meals is a rapidly growing performance meal company building best-in-class operations from the ground up. We are looking for an Inventory Management Specialist who thrives in a fast-paced startup environment and wants to take ownership of building scalable, disciplined inventory systems inside a food manufacturing and shipping warehouse.
This is a build-and-improve role. Someone who sees gaps, fixes problems, and creates structure where it doesn’t yet exist will excel in this position.
- End-to-end inventory accuracy across raw materials, packaging, and finished goods
- Daily cycle counts and full physical inventory processes
- FIFO/FEFO compliance and lot traceability
- Inventory reconciliation and root-cause analysis of variances
- Real-time MRP inventory reporting to support production and purchasing
- Implementation and improvement of SOPs for inventory control
- Waste reduction and shrinkage prevention initiatives
- Audit readiness and food safety compliance (HACCP, GMP, FDA standards)
- 2+ years of inventory experience in a warehouse or food manufacturing environment
- Strong understanding of FIFO, lot tracking, and production inventory flow
- Experience with ERP or inventory management systems
- High attention to detail with strong analytical skills
- Comfortable working in refrigerated and fast-paced production environments
- Self-starter who operates with urgency and accountability
- Process builder, not just process follower
- Bilingual (English/Spanish)
- Forklift experience
- Experience in high-volume food production or meal prep manufacturing
We are scaling quickly. That means opportunity for impact, ownership, and growth.
You will have direct visibility into operations leadership and the ability to shape systems that support company-wide expansion. If you want to help build a disciplined, high-performance supply chain inside a scaling food company, this role is for you.